Muay Thai as a martial arts discipline makes use of the body parts for weapons. The parts of the body
which are head, elbow, feet, fists, shin and knee compromise the Na-wa arwud. However in these days
Muay Thai fights no longer permit the fighter to use the head. In attacking and defending, the fighter
employs a little quantity of grappling or that which is known as the clinch.

The Techniques of Muay Thai are divided into two categories the Luk Mai or that which is known as the
minor techniques and the Mae Mai or the major techniques. The very reason why Muay Thai is held to be
distinct from the other variants of Martial Arts is because it utilizes the whole body movement while the hip
can either be rotated fully or partially for every block ,kick and punch executed.

THE PUNCHING TECHNIQUES include the straight punch, hook punch, uppercut, jab and sometimes
spinning back fist.. Judges add less to the scores of the Muay Thai fighters who often use the punches as they are less powerful.

THE KICKING TECHNIQUES are the straight kick ( Tip), roundhouse kick, diagonal kick, half knee kick,
jump kick, and step up kick. The most commonly used though are the roundhouse kick and the foot jab
(Tip).